talk-preview-img-builder

A tool helps build a talk preview image by combining the given background image and talk event description

Installation and Usage

Install Dependencies

For running the app, you need to install the following dependencies by following command:

pipenv install -d

Run the Application

Before running the application, you need to prepare the material for building the talk preview images/slides. There are two materials that are required:

• A background image named background.png which is located in the materials/img folder.

• A talk event description named speeches.json which is located in the materials/ folder.

After preparing the material, you can run the application by following command:

pipenv run build_talk_preview_img   # build the talk preview images

or

pipenv run build_talk_preview_ppt  # build the talk preview slides

The generated talk preview images and slides are located in the export/ folder.

Configuring the Application

There are several options to configure the application, the default values are shown in the config.py file. You can override the default values by editing the config.py file or adding a .env file that setting theses variables before running the app.

Coding Style

The coding style of the application is PEP8. You can use the following command to check the coding style:

pipenv run lint

and the following command to reformat the coding style which is leveraged by black and isort:

pipenv run reformat

TODO

• Automatically generate the talk preview metadata file (e.g. speeches.json) from the PyConTW API server.
• Implement hybrid language support text wrapping in title and content of the talk preview image.
• Implement dynamic font size adjustment in the title and content of the talk preview image depending on the length of words.
• Implement CI workflow by using GitHub Actions